When I think of cucumbers, I think of the idiom “cool as a cucumber” , which may be based on the fact that even in hot weather, the insides of cucumbers remain cooler than the air. Cucumbers, the second most popular greenhouse crop after tomatoes, certainly do not like cool weather. In fact, they thrive …
Water and Warm Soil Keep Cukes Sweet and Refreshing for Summer Read More »
Support versus no support: Is there a difference when it comes to your health and fitness program? Each year, I run a six-week weight loss challenge. It is a program where participants register to compete against one another in attempts to see who can change their body composition the most over a six-week period. It’s …
At the last of the Transients’ Weekly Suppers this year, one of the special speakers at the event made reference to the Commissioner’s Residence and the upcoming Tea and Ball, which take place there. At the word “commissioner”, blank looks passed over the faces of those summerdoughs who were here from Outside for the first …
Afternoon and Evening Delight on Commissioner’s Day Read More »
I keep telling myself, it is still early. Because of the warm weather that we have been having it feels like the middle of summer. Now, I am not complaining about the weather, but normally when it is this warm, our greens are have already been planted in the ground for more than a few …
When it Comes, to Weeding, Err on the Side of Caution Read More »
